John Wayles Eppes

John Wayles Eppes (19 April 1773-13 September 1823) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Virginia's 14th district from 4 March 1803 to 3 March 1811 (succeeding Anthony New and preceding James Pleasants) and from 4 March 1813 to 3 March 1815 (succeeding Pleasants and preceding John Randolph), and a US Senator from 4 March 1817 to 4 December 1819 (succeeding Armistead T. Mason and preceding James Pleasants). He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
John Wayles Eppes was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia in 1773; his father was the first cousin of Martha Wayles, the wife of Thomas Jefferson. Eppes became a lawyer in 1794, and he also held several slaves. He served in the House of Delegates before serving in the US House of Representatives from 1803 to 1811 and from 1813 to 1815, and he was elected to the US Senate in 1816. He served until his resignation in 1819 due to ill health, and he died in 1823.